Climate averages 1991–2020
Okene weather
in August.
A warm, very wet month: the coolest and the wettest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a warm month in Okene: daytime highs average 27.4°C and nights cool to about 21.2°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 199 mm of rain on roughly 25 days, which makes August a very wet month (the wettest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 22 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Ikare (53 km away). In August its highs average 27.3°C, about as warm as Okene, with 211 mm of rain.
Among the 143 cities listed in Nigeria, Okene ranks joint 76th of 143 for the warmest August highs and 64th of 143 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 143 cities is 27.8°C; Okene is 0.3°C cooler than that mean.
From August to September, average highs rise by 0.8°C to 28.2°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 199 mm to 196 mm.
The annual picture
August in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
Okene climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33.7°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 4.6 | 1.2 | 11.712 h |
| February | 34.7°C22.6°C | 22.6°C | 12 | 2.8 | 11.912 h |
| March | 34.6°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 34 | 7.6 | 12.112 h |
| April | 32.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 76 | 12.7 | 12.312 h |
| May | 30.8°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 135 | 19.5 | 12.512 h |
| June | 28.9°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 180 | 23.5 | 12.613 h |
| July | 27.6°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 185 | 26.4 | 12.513 h |
| August, selected | 27.4°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 199 | 24.5 | 12.412 h |
| September | 28.2°C21.5°C | 21.5°C | 196 | 24.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 29.1°C21.8°C | 21.8°C | 124 | 18.9 | 12.012 h |
| November | 31.4°C22.1°C | 22.1°C | 20 | 4.1 | 11.812 h |
| December | 33.1°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 2.9 | 0.7 | 11.712 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
August in nearby cities
- Ikare in AugustNigeria · 53 kmHigh 27.3°C · Low 20.9°C · 211 mm rain
- Ode in AugustNigeria · 64 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 20.5°C · 231 mm rain
- Owo in AugustNigeria · 82 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 21.3°C · 219 mm rain
- Emure-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 87 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Ise-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 90 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 202 mm rain
- Uromi in AugustNigeria · 95 kmHigh 27.2°C · Low 21.2°C · 188 mm rain
- Ikere-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 111 kmHigh 27.1°C · Low 21.1°C · 190 mm rain
- Ado-Ekiti in AugustNigeria · 112 kmHigh 26.7°C · Low 20.8°C · 190 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for Okene) is explained once on the Okene year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.